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 (DIR) Post #Aw7xL6IQEQYlEtxK8e by timnitGebru@dair-community.social
       2025-07-14T13:57:50Z
       
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       Another year, another amazing week at JamCoders. In the photo, the head TA, Zaria Chen Shui, and I were trying to make a heart but I was additionally trying (and failing) to make a JC sign with my fingers 😂 Every time someone talks about "AI" in K-12 education, I think about what it takes to run programs like AddisCoder and JamCoders.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aw7xL81ToOCCaw2p0a by timnitGebru@dair-community.social
       2025-07-14T13:58:22Z
       
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       The dedication of the teaching assistants, chaperones and organizing committee, the importance of adjusting the lesson plan according to how the class is responding to the material, the importance of students learning how to learn and what to do when they are challenged and frustrated. The most repeated line throughout the week was, once again, to go through things line by line and on pen and paper.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aw7xL98xe3m44QYJJA by timnitGebru@dair-community.social
       2025-07-14T13:58:26Z
       
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       I would sometimes even turn off the computer monitor in lab so that students stop looking at the computer and think things through and write things down on pen and paper instead. Last year we even made multiple songs on this topic because we were saying it so much. Education is a lot more than placing some material in front of students. Its an incredibly social and collaborative experience which cannot be automated away.